4x4 versions of standard cars

[sierraman]

Anyone remember some of the obscure 4x4 versions of normal cars like the Cavalier 4x4?

[mercrocker]

There was a spate of these wasn't there, around that time, like the Sierra XR4x4. 

 

Here is my slightly more obscure offering - 

 

 

Think they made 4x4 versions of most of the post-war saloons.   I know these were off-roaders primarily not Quattro-busters but any excuse.....

[quicksilver]

BX GTi 4x4. I'd forgotten all about these.

1991 Citroen BX 19GTi 4x4 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

 

Wasn't there a 4x4 405 as well?

[Anthony]

Wasn't there a 4x4 405 as well?

Yes, both in regular and Mi16x4 flavours. Euro markets got the 200hp T16 version too which was 4WD

[Jim Bell]

Corolla 4x4 anyone?

 

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F202404763468

 

 

 

 

 

[sierraman]

They did the 405 in the uk as a petrol 1.9 in basic trim as 4x4, mainly intended as a work car. No idea if any survive.

[Guest Hooli]

525ix was 4x4 wasn't it?

[UltraWomble]

I'd love a Dangel

[UltraWomble]

But in the UK would have to settle for a Scenic

[UltraWomble]

Or a Mini Binky...

[Lacquer Peel]

Sierra and Mondeo 4x4, there were basic versions of Golf, Jetta and Passat Syncros.

[Supernaut]

I want a 306 Dangel.

 

[MorrisItalSLX]

Toyota Corolla 4WD SR5

 

 

Mega horn for one of these

 

[MorrisItalSLX]

Holden Commodore Adventra

 

 

Available in Wagon and Ute body styles

[Pillock]

There was a Escort Mk5 RS2000 4x4

 

Ford also made 4WD versions of posh Sierras and Granadas as well as the sporty XR4x4

[sierraman]

What’s the difference between a Golf County and a Syncro?

 

There was also the very rare 2.9i Sierra GLS. Usually on steelies with hubcaps.

[PhilA]

 

Always gets a mention in this case, the oddly 4x4'd Eagle Sport, also available in wagon.

 

 

Phil

[Lacquer Peel]

What’s the difference between a Golf County and a Syncro?

 

There was also the very rare 2.9i Sierra GLS. Usually on steelies with hubcaps.

The Golf Country is on stilts, the Golf Syncro looks like a regular Golf.

[Guest Hooli]

 

 

There was also the very rare 2.9i Sierra GLS. Usually on steelies with hubcaps.

They also did a 2.0 GLS 4x4 one with the I4 twin cam if memory serves.

[Lanciaman]

I had a Renault 21 turbo Quadra back in the day. Brill car that was.

[Guest Conan]

Anybody mentioned Espace Quadra yet? Apparently the first car with carbon fibre driveshaft.

[Matt]

Volkswagen weren't kidding around when they built the MK2 Gold Country. It can't have been all that cheap to build/purchase compared to a regular MK2 Golf.

 

[sierraman]

I’ve the Matchbox one of those, same colour.

[adw1977]

Mark 3 Granada

 

 

(May 1986)

[stonedagain]

P10 Nissan Primera

[TataBobu]

And those:

 

[Talbot]

But in the UK would have to settle for a Scenic

A Friend has a Renner Scenic RX4. It is quite frankly the worst pile of shit I have ever seen. The 4x4 system appears to have been engineered by a blind drunkard using the very cheapest possible cheese, The tyres are a size not available anywhere in the UK, the engine is overworked, and has hence shat it's head gasket, the interior trim is kak and it's really not very large. It also has shite ground clearance, and the spare wheel on the boot gets in the way of everything.

 

Utter Autoshite.

[Lacquer Peel]

P10 Nissan Primera

Really?

[stonedagain]

Really?

Yep, really!

[Talbot]

Mark 3 Granada

Did these have the same Quality Engineering* as the Sierra 4x4 system, which had the front differential bolted to the side of the engine sump, with one driveshaft actually running through the insides of the sump to get to the other side?

 

Heath Robinson would be proud*